hardware
Payday finally arrived! I’d been looking at a good UPS (uninterruptible power supply for the non-hacker/tech readers) and finally settled on the APC RS 500 (about $AU300). It was painless to install and even with my current-sucking bittybox (ie pong, the environmentally-unsound old beast it is) I’ve
life
Friday: Dad still in hospital. He’s been having dizzy spells over the course of the week due to low iron/haemoglobin levels. Mum took him in last Tuesday after one too many. Caught up with Bri but not as much as I’d like. On the upside she’s
fedora
Politics (sort of) This method of verifiable voting [http://theory.csail.mit.edu/~rivest/Rivest-TheThreeBallotVotingSystem.pdf]looks very interesting, if a little complicated for it’s intended users (no such issues here in Australia, especially if you’ve ever seen our Senate voting forms). Ron Rivest [http://en.wikipedia.org/
entertainment
I have heard through the grapevine that my old pal Tina Wallmann [http://www.tina.webcentral.com.au/] is representing “The Drink” nightclub (Gold Coast, Australia for those who are not familiar with it) in this year’s Miss Indy competition. Good luck my friend! (No more running as an
life
For those who didn’t think I’d ever do it…. Here it is. [https://i2.wp.com/www.enlartenment.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/velvetcard.png] I carried that sucker around for years (got it in 2000 from Leomie, hope she’s doing well) as a reminder of someone